Insomnia is the devil

Obviously, things with pregnancy, childbirth and raising kids are not textbook. In my own personal example, every book, website, magazine, etc that I have read mentions, "You will have an immense desire to sleep all the time. Try to fit in naps when you can."

What they have not said, "You will have an immense desire to sleep all the time but you WILL not sleep. Insomnia WILL strike....MWAH-AH-AH".

I am (Correction: WAS) a sleep champion. I get at least 9 hours of sleep every night and have never had difficulty sleeping. I could sleep anytime, anywhere. I am not delusional enough to think that this would remain the same once this kid actually comes out, but I didn't think being pregnant...make that 7 weeks and 6 days pregnant...would make me lose sleep. I thought that was a third trimester "symptom".

Here is my typical night. I go to bed at 10 PM. Somewhere in the hour of 3-4 AM I have to get up and pee. I will struggle to sleep from that time until about 6 AM. My alarm will go off at 7 AM. My 9 hours has been reduced to 5 or 6. UGH. I cannot get comfortable. I have also read that you should try to start sleeping on your left side. PSHAW. I will start on my left side, roll to my stomach, roll on my back, try arranging my legs differently and then roll on my right. At some point I realize that this will be physically impossible, but for now, I am doing the sleep dance. Does this count as exercise?

On the good side, I have caught up with all the back issues of The New Yorker.